Special Session 63: Analysis and Optimization of Biological and Medical Systems
Organizer(s): Brittni Hall , Xiaoying Han , Hans Werner Van Wyk

Parallel Session 1 :: Wednesday, May 31, 13:30 – 15:30                     LH104
13:30-14:00	dawit denu (Georgia southern university, USA)  Comparative analysis of different vector-host epidemic models with direct transmission.

14:00-14:30

Susmita Sadhu (Georgia College & State University, USA)  Novel mechanisms for detecting early warning signals of population outbreaks and extinction in a two-timescale predator-prey model

14:30-15:00

Kwadwo Antwi-Fordjour (Samford University, USA)  Additional Food Causes Predators to Explode - Unless the Predators Compete

15:00-15:30

Brittini Hall (Auburn University, USA)  Optimal Control of a Beneficial Bacterial Population in the Gut Mircobiome

Parallel Session 2 :: Wednesday, May 31, 16:00 – 18:30                     LH104
16:00-16:30	Paula A Vasquez (University of South Carolina, USA)  Principles of Organization in the Yeast Genome

16:30-17:00

Brendan P Ames (University of Alabama, USA)  When Can We Cluster Data? Insights from Convex Optimization and Semidefinite Programming

17:00-17:30

Daniel Irvine (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)  Efficiency of locomotion of n-link snake robots